Info: a 35mm SW(pre-ANH) print saved from being burned

Found this link today:

http://starwarsy.pl/muzeum/rozm/muz_rozm23.htm

The long story short: this is the 1979 copy of the Star Wars (pre-ANH) distributed in Poland (yeah, with subtitles). After the licence expired, all prints were to be officially destroyed (burned) except for one kept for National Film Archive. But one of the commissioners swapped one of the copies by putting the reels of another movie into the tins, thus saving a vintage ANH print 😃

Can we call it a Star Wars preservation effort… from 1980s? Or a 3,3 kilometers of film history? 😉

That is so cool! And the sample frames look pretty good considering it's age, not to mention the rust on the film cans.

Any idea what film print was sacrificed so that Star Wars might live? ;)

SilverWook said:

Any idea what film print was sacrificed so that Star Wars might live? ;)

 Hopefully Star Trek...

nice story,

i used the google translator polish->english,

it came out pretty well...

later

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LordVader said:

SilverWook said:

Any idea what film print was sacrificed so that Star Wars might live? ;)

 

Hopefully Star Trek...

Hey! A lot of us are card carrying Trek fans in here. ;)

SilverWook said:

LordVader said:

SilverWook said:

Any idea what film print was sacrificed so that Star Wars might live? ;)

 

Hopefully Star Trek...

 

Hey! A lot of us are card carrying Trek fans in here. ;)

William Shatner is the man, but George Takei killed it for me, especially seeing him nowadays. :D 

digitalfreaknyc said:

LordVader said:

SilverWook said:

LordVader said:

SilverWook said:

Any idea what film print was sacrificed so that Star Wars might live? ;)

 

Hopefully Star Trek...

 

Hey! A lot of us are card carrying Trek fans in here. ;)

William Shatner is the man, but George Takei killed it for me, especially seeing him nowadays. :D 

 

 Why?

he's just too weird!

digitalfreaknyc said:

LordVader said:

SilverWook said:

LordVader said:

SilverWook said:

Any idea what film print was sacrificed so that Star Wars might live? ;)

Hopefully Star Trek...

Hey! A lot of us are card carrying Trek fans in here. ;)

William Shatner is the man, but George Takei killed it for me, especially seeing him nowadays. :D 

 Why?

Presumably, Takei strikes at LordVader's own insecurities.